"The kind of sweeping, atmospheric epic they just don’t make any more. In the grand tradition, The Bone Man of Benares stands out as the best kind of contempo literary globe-trotting. It does what a great novel should do – leave you feeling like you’ve been there.” - Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight

“ Follow Tobias Parker on his mystical and often cosmically humorous journey to find his destiny, and you just might catch a glimpse of your own in the neon-lit prose of this remarkable novel.” - Phil Cousineau, author of The Book of Roads

“An ingenious tour de force. Tarnoff has created a cast of unforgettable characters and his use of the self-conscious narrator only adds to the lightheartedness of the text. His writing, whether of Chicago blues musicians or of the wackiness of all the wanderers in this chronicle, is brilliant.” - Jack Hirschman, author of The Arcanes

“In the long-awaited sequel to his brilliant The Bone Man of Benares, Terry Tarnoff employs a dazzling writing technique, gazing into a reflective surface to review the past and foretell the future, that allows the reader to watch him watching himself on his pilgrim’s progress through life. A tour-de-force of memoir and travel writing.” - Phil Cousineau, author of The Book of Roads